The New York State Department of Education, in collaboration with The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) will be holding an Avian Flu meeting on July 14, 2006 at 11:00 am in the Education Building in Albany to prepare for a possible avian flu pandemic. The meeting, which will include all four sectors of higher education in New York State–The City University of New York (CUNY), independent colleges and universities, proprietary institutions, and The State University of New York (SUNY), as well as the Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC), and United States Department of Education, will focus on health and safety issues, financial aid implications, the completion of degree programs, and other arising issues affecting the higher education community in the event of a pandemic in New York.